Browns second-round draft pick tired of sitting around, wants to get to know his new teammates.
Jabaal Sheard Jabaal Sheard, the Cleveland Browns' second-round selection in the draft, is just like everyone else when it comes to the NFL lockout --- when is this thing going to be over?
So all Sheard can do is wait, work out, wait some more and settle in as a statistic that many Clevelanders share with him.
Steve Doerschuk of CantonRep.com writes:
“I’m basically unemployed right now, with no income. Saving money is big ... not that I have any.”
With that, he laughed. He just turned 22 and exudes energy right through the cell phone. The money will be fine when it comes.
Sheard will probably start for the Browns this coming season. The 6-foot-3, 265-pound Sheard is a sophisticated pass rusher for his age, writes Doerschuk. Some of that goes to Sheard’s speed and makeup.
Sheard was Big East defensive player of the year in 2010 after making nine sacks and 14 1/2 tackles for loss. That and $1.39 will get him a gas station coffee during the lockout.
“I want get to know my Browns coaches and teammates,” he said. “I want to get in a playbook.
“It gets a little frustrating. I’m tired of sitting around.”
Colt in the mix
Cleveland Browns president Mike Holmgren says Colt McCoy is in the mix with the rest of the quarterbacks on the team. He's the frontrunner, but the job won't be handed to him.
"We have Seneca Wallace, too, and Jake Delhomme as well right now," Holmgren said at the NFL Spring Meeting. "But (McCoy) got his feet wet last year. I didn't necessarily want him to play that much last year, but we were injured, and so he had a chance to play. He showed us enough where he will go in, and we're hopeful that -- it'll be competitive -- but if he does what I think he can do, he'll probably be the guy, yeah."
Commissioner Roger Goodell
Not that many fans and players would miss them, but NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said today at the conclusion of the NFL spring meetings that if the lockout doesn't end relatively soon, the league is going to have to start canceling preseason games.
“We don’t have a date, but obviously that time is coming,” Goodell said. “We canceled our rookie symposium, so we’re getting close enough where those will have to be considerations. Obviously we would prefer to get a negotiated agreement so we don’t have to make those decisions.”
Still, as he stood in Indianapolis, the site of next year’s Super Bowl, Goodell said the locals should feel confident that the game will, in fact, be played.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/ohio-sports-blog/index.ssf/2011/05/cleveland_browns_pm_links_jaba.html
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